75A - APPLICATION FEE - HISTORICAL PROPERTIES

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ORDINANCE NO. NS-XXXX AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AMENDING CHAPTER 30 OF THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE TO AUTHORIZE AN APPLICATION AND APPEAL FEE TO BE CHARGED TO APPLICANTS SEEKING TO ADD A PROPERTY TO THE CITY'S REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana does hereby find, determine and declare as follows: A. Since the establishment of the City of Santa Ana Historic Register, staff services required to place a private property on the Register have been provided for free. B. In the almost 10 years that the program has been in existence the City, through a combination of City-initiated and self-nominated applications, has added over 540 properties to the Historic Register. C. Given the City's current and future projected budget status, the amount of staff work required to place private properties on the Historic Register, and the current inventory of properties already listed on the Register, staff believes that it is now prudent to institute a fee for private party nominations of properties to the City of Santa Ana Register of Historical Properties. Section 2. Section 30-2.4 is added to Chapter 30 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code to read in full as follows: Sec. 30-2.4. Same--Filing fees. Every application under this chapter to designate a building, or part thereof, structure, object or site for inclusion on the city register of historical properties or appeal to the city council shall be accompanied by a filing fee. No application shall be accepted for filing without the required fee, except that all governmental agencies are exempt from the fee requirement. The city council shall from time to time by resolution adopt a schedule of fees to be charged, a copy of which shall be maintained in the office of the planning department. 75A-5